When was dazed and confused written

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The similarity many heard was in the guitar parts and the music. Is that true? The Yardbirds were such a good band for a guitarist to play in that I came up with a lot of riffs and ideas out of that, and I employed quite a lot of those in the early Zeppelin stuff. PAGE : Hmm. Because Robert wrote some of the lyrics for that on the album.

But he was only listening to…we extended it from the one that we were playing with the Yardbirds. Usually my riffs are pretty damn original [laughs] What can I say? Well, in he sued Page over the song, and two years later signed a settlement with him for undisclosed terms. But before Holmes signed that settlement, he talked about it plenty. That turned out to be totally misguided. It took him decades to care.

He took it and put it in a direction that I would never have taken it, and it became very successful. So why should I complain? But at least give me half credit on it. Holmes sued in The details of the settlement Holmes received two years later are not public. Those reveal a lot about what can happen if someone thinks a musician is taking a shortcut with a cover song. In , another Led Zeppelin lawsuit was in the news.

After two years of litigation, Page, Plant, and co. That lawsuit included a chart laying out seven prior cover-song lawsuits that Led Zeppelin had lost. He won that suit, earning royalties and songwriting credit. He won again. Accusers argued that it is part cover, part original.

A partial cover — where a musician pulls bits and pieces from another song — is, legally, a very different entity than a full cover. But if you change even a word of the lyrics, you need explicit permission. He presents a special case because Led Zeppelin both covered him the usual way in two songs and, he says, ripped him off in two others. But in the case of the two songs Dixon sued the band over, songs that incorporated only some of his original lyrics, he would have had total control.

He could have refused and not let the band release them at all. Cover-song lawsuits will not be going away any time soon. In fact, the situation may be getting worse. It is relatively rare that a musician will perform a straight cover without getting credit. That would be easy to catch, especially with the internet, and impossible to argue your way out of.

But since the dawn of rock roll, performers like Led Zeppelin have been sued for these more vague semi-covers. More recently, the number of headline-making lawsuits seems to be increasing. It was that old idea in folk and blues, where musicians like Woody Guthrie think of these things as building blocks anyone can use.

The ability to shrug your shoulders and move on is lost. When you have so many fewer revenue sources, it makes the stakes much higher. But although Holmes's contribution to the tune is often commented upon — and even dominates Dazed and Confused's Wikipedia page — Page is credited as the track's sole songwriter. In , Musician magazine quizzed Page on the subject , asking if Holmes was the original composer.

What's he got — the riff or whatever? I haven't heard Jake Holmes so I don't know what it's all about anyway. Usually my riffs are pretty damn original. It's not clear why Holmes has waited more than 40 years to file a plagiarism suit.